Compound container

ABSTRACT

A compound container includes an upper half body and a lower half body combined together. The upper half body is made of non-metal material, having a tapered up surface covered with a metal layer on the tapered up surface. The lower half body is made of a transparent plastic, having a tapered down surface. The compound container formed by the upper and the lower half body presents esthetic feeling caused by its outer solid profile and increases its commercial value.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

This invention relates to a compound container, particularly to oneconsisting of an upper half body with a metal layer covered on its outersurface, and a lower transparent half body combined together with theupper half body. The upper half body is shaped to taper upward, and thelower half body is shaped to taper down so the whole shape of thecompound container is shaped as convex, having an aesthetic outerappearance and increasing its commercial value.

2. Description of the Prior Art

Conventional common containers are structured to have an inner hollowspace with a trite shape such as cylindrical, multi-sided or postal,made of metal, glass, porcelain, plastic (especially acrylic), etc.having an outer surface printed with a pattern, a picture, or words.However, their outer surface is almost flat, devoid of solid 3D feelingand esthetics, and metal ones are easy to transmit heat, needing a brushto clean, and other kinds of containers are apt to break, requiringattention in using.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The main purpose of the invention is to offer a compound container madeof two different materials and having a convex outer surface to presentan esthetic outer appearance.

The feature of the invention is a container consisting of an upper halfbody with a metal layer covered on its outer surface and a lower halfbody made of a transparent material, with the upper half body shaped totaper upward, and with the lower half body shaped to taper down to forma whole convex outer surface.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

This invention will be easily understood by referring to theaccompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a compound container in the presentinvention;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the compound container in thepresent invention;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the compound container applied to atoothbrush cup in the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the compound container applied to a bodywashing cream bottle in the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the compound container applied to acotton container in the present invention;

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

A preferred embodiment of a compound container in the present invention,as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, includes an upper half body 1 and a lowerhalf body combined together.

The upper half body 1 is cylindrical and tapered upward, made of plasticand having a metal layer 10 covered on its outer surface.

The lower half body 2 is cylindrical with a closed bottom and an openupper end, and made of a transparent material such as plastic(especially acrylic).

Then the upper half body 1 is combined with the lower half body 2 bysome means, forming the compound container made of two differentmaterials and having an aesthetic solid appearance of a whole convexouter surface, and easy to be washed owing to its plastic material.

The compound container is then applicable to be used as a tooth brushcup 3, a body washing cream bottle 4, a cotton container 5, etc. asshown in FIGS. 3 to 5 respectively.

While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been describedabove, it will be recognized and understood that various modificationsmay be made therein and the appended claims are intended to cover allsuch modifications that may fall within the spirit and scope of theinvention.

1. A compound container comprising: an upper half body made of non-metalmaterial, shaped cylindrical and having a tapered up surface and a metallayer covered on said tapered-up surface; a lower half body made ofnon-metal material, shaped cylindrical with a tapered down surface andhaving a closed lower end and an open upper circular end combined with alower circular end of said upper half body; and, said half body and saidlower half body combined together to form said compound container, saidcompound container presenting an esthetic solid feeling and having asolid curved profile for increasing commercial value.
 2. The compoundcontainer as claimed in claim 1, wherein said metal layer of said upperhalf body and said transparent surface of said lower half body areproportioned nearly 1:1.
 3. The compound container as claimed in claim1, wherein said lower half body is made of a transparent material.